2012 New York Yankees Broadcasters

KEN SINGLETON (YES Network)
"Former major leaguer Ken Singleton enters his 11th season as a game analyst and announcer for YES Network broadcasts of the New York Yankees. Known on the diamond as a consistent power hitter, Singleton has proven to be equally as reliable since joining the radio and television broadcast booths.
Prior to joining YES, Singleton divided his time calling play-by-play and providing commentary at the MSG Network. In 1998, he was part of MSG's production team that won four New York Emmys for its Yankees coverage.
Singleton joined the MSG Network in 1997 from The Sports Network (TSN), where he served as an analyst for the Montreal Expos from 1985-96. From 1991-96, he also called play-by-play and served as an analyst for CIQ Radio, the Expos' flagship radio network. In 1996 and '97, he was named by Fox Sports as a lead analyst for Saturday afternoon baseball broadcasts. In 1997 and '98, he worked as an analyst for Major League Baseball International.
Singleton enjoyed a 15-year major league career with the New York Mets, Montreal Expos and Baltimore Orioles, batting .282 with 317 doubles and 246 home runs. He is one of only 11 players in baseball history to hit 35 or more home runs in a season as a switch-hitter. He also ranks among the all-time leaders in most Baltimore offensive categories, including homers, RBI and total bases. During his career, Singleton was named to the American League All-Star team in 1977, '79 and '81. He was named Most Valuable Oriole in 1975, '77 and '79 and was a member of the Orioles' 1983 World Championship team. In 1982, he was the recipient of Major League Baseball's Roberto Clemente Award, honoring him for his contributions both on and off the field.
Born in Manhattan and raised in nearby Mount Vernon, New York, Singleton played both baseball and basketball in high school and also played baseball in the Bronx Federation League at Macombs Dam Park on the current site of Yankee Stadium. After getting a basketball scholarship to Hofstra University and also playing baseball for one year, Singleton was drafted by the Mets in 1967.
Singleton serves on the Board of Directors for the Cool Kids Campaign, a non-profit organization that helps children and their families who are dealing with cancer. He was honored with the Denzel Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports at the Boys & Girls Club of Mount Vernon's 100th Anniversary Gala in March."

-2012 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book


JACK CURRY (YES Network)
"Jack Curry joined the YES Network in 2010 as a studio analyst, reporter and program contributor, following a 20-year career covering the Yankees for the the New York Times. In addition, he contributes as a columnist on YESnetwork.com. He also serves as host of YES' new Yankees Access show. In 2010 and 2011, respectively, Curry traveled to the Dominican Republic and Taiwan to report on Yankees feature stories.
During his career with the Times, Curry authored more than 4,500 articles and covered 18 World Series and 11 All-Star Games. The New Jersey native also was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1999 and won multiple Times Publisher Awards.
Curry's television experience extends back to 1991 when he began contributing to Madison Square Garden Network's Yankees pre-game show and weekly baseball magazine show. Since November 2005 Curry has been a regular contributor to YES' Yankees Hot Stove and Yankees Baseball Daily shows. In addition, he was a featured panelist on MSG's Angles roundtable show, was a frequent guest on WCBS-TV's Baseball Insider weekly studio show, and has also provided expert baseball analysis and commentary on television and radio programs such as ESPN's Outside the Lines, MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann and various WFAN radio programs.
He also co-wrote a book with Derek Jeter entitled 'The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams' a New York Times Best Seller. A 1986 graduate of Fordham University, Curry resides with his wife, Pamela, in New Jersey."

-2012 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book


JOHN FLAHERTY (YES Network)
"Former Yankees catcher John Flaherty enters his seventh season as a field reporter, studio analyst and game analyst for YES Network telecasts in 2012.
Drafted by Boston in 1988, Flaherty progressed through the Red Sox farm system before joining their major league squad in 1992. He played 14 seasons in the majors with Boston (1992-93), Detroit (1994-96), San Diego (1996-97), Tampa Bay (1998-2002) and the Yankees (2003-05), compiling a .252 average with 80 home runs in 1,047 games.
Flaherty brought his knowledge of the game and his veteran style of leadership to the Yankees clubhouse when he signed as a free agent in 2003. He played in 134 games with the Yankees across three seasons and will be long-remembered for his dramatic pinch-hit, walk-off single that defeated the Red Sox in the 13th inning of a 5-4 victory on July 1, 2004, in the contest that featured Derek Jeter's famous dive into the third base stands.
Flaherty is a New York City native and a graduate of George Washington University. On May 15, 2009, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, New York."

-2012 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book


AL LEITER (YES Network)
"Entering his seventh year with the YES Network, former Yankees pitcher Al Leiter serves as a color commentator, providing viewers with insight gained from his 19 years as a player in the major leagues. He is also a contributor to YES's Yankees On Deck series and is an analyst for the MLB Network, where he was nominated for a 2010 National Emmy Award for his work there. Prior to signing with YES, Leiter had worked as a postseason game analyst for FOX Sports and ESPN.
Originally drafted by the Yankees in 1984, Leiter played parts of 19 professional seasons with the New York Yankees (1987-89, 2005), Toronto Blue Jays (1989-95), Florida Marlins (1996-97, 2005) and New York Mets (1998-2004). He was a two-time All-Star (1996, 2000) and was a part of three World Championship teams (Toronto in 1992 and 1993 and Florida in 1997). On May 11, 1996, Leiter tossed the first no-hitter in Marlins history in an 11-0 win against Colorado.
A native of Bayville, New Jersey, Leiter has been nearly as busy off the field as he was on it. Since 1996 he has donated more than $1.5 million to various charities in the New York area and in South Florida. In 2000 he was honored by Major League Baseball with the Roberto Clemente Award for his contributions to the community, and with the Bart Giamatti Award in 2002. Also in 2002, he was appointed to the board of directors of the Twin Towers Fund in New York City. He was named the March of Dimes Sportsman of the Year in 2003 and the John V. Mara Sportsman of the Year in 2004 by the Catholic Youth Organization. He also created Leiter's Landing, a charitable organization committed to the betterment of youth through education, health care and social and community service.
Leiter has also been the recipient of numerous other awards and honors as a result of his charity work, including the 2008 'Breakthrough Spirit Award' at the Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation gala in New York City. In January 2012, Leiter was inducted into the New Jersey Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame."

-2012 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book


PAUL O'NEILL (YES Network)
"Paul O'Neill returns for his 11th season in broadcast television in 2012, serving as a game analyst for the YES Network. He received a New York Emmy Award nomination in 2011 for his analyst work on YES.
The five-time All-Star outfielder played 17 years in the majors, spending his final nine seasons in pinstripes. He appeared in six World Series, winning five titles including four with the Yankees (1996, 1998-2000).
Affectionately known as a warrior to most Yankees followers, O'Neill began his major league career in 1985 with the Cincinnati Reds and earned the first of his five World Championships in 1990. He joined the Yankees in 1993 after eight seasons with the Reds, and in 1994 claimed the American League batting title with a .359 average. From July 1995 to May 1997, he played in 235 consecutive games in right field without making an error. In 2001, at 38, O'Neill became the oldest player in major league history to steal 20 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season.
He lives in his native Cincinnati with his wife, Nevalee, and their three children: Andrew, Aaron and Alexandria. He was named 'Father of the Year' in June 2008 by the National Father's Day Council at its 67th Annual Father of the Year dinner in New York."

-2012 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book


LOU PINIELLA (YES Network)
"Former New York Yankees player, manager and general manager Lou Piniella joins the YES Network as a special contributor for the 2012 season. He provides Yankees game and studio analysis on YES, is involved in the network's spring training and potential postseason coverage, and contributes to YES special event programming as well as YESNetwork.com.
Sweet Lou played his final 11 major league seasons with the Yankees and was a pivotal piece of their World Championship teams in 1977 and 1978. During his time in the Bronx, he played on five American League East-winning teams and four pennant winners. He also managed the Yankees from 1986 to 1987. He took over as New York's general manager in 1988 and also resumed his manager's role in June of that year.
The Tampa native compiled a .291 career batting average with 102 home runs and 766 RBI over 18 major league seasons with Baltimore (1964), Cleveland (1968), Kansas City (1969-73) and the Yankees (1974-84). He was named the 1969 American League Rookie of the Year during the Royals' inaugural season; he was the first batter in the team's history, doubling in the April 8 season opener. He was an All-Star with the Royals in 1972. In 1974, Piniella began his 11-year stint in Yankee pinstripes.
Piniella owns a career managerial record of 1,835-1,713, ranking 14th on Baseball's all-time managerial wins list. He served as manager of the Cincinnati Reds from 1990-92, guiding the Reds to the World Championship in 1990. Piniella was a two-time American League Manager of the Year (1995 and 2001) while skippering the Seattle Mariners from 1993-2002. He then served as manager of Tampa Bay from 2003-2005 and the Cubs from 2007-2010, earning National League Manager of the Year honors in 2008. His most recent role saw him serve as a special consultant with the San Francisco Giants organization during the 2011 season.
Piniella was a game analyst during MSG Network's Yankees telecasts in 1989 and was an analyst for Fox Sports' MLB coverage in 2006. He is a graduate of Tampa's Jesuit High School, where he was an All-American basketball player. He played his collegiate baseball at the University of Tampa, earning NCAA Division II All-American honors."

-2012 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book


CARLOS SILVA (Producer/Engineer, WCBS)
Carlos Silva, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, enters his seventh season producing and engineering Yankees games on WCBS Radio 880 AM (Spanish and English). The 2012 season will mark his 12th year working on Yankees radio broadcasts and his 23rd overall season in baseball. It also marks his second year producing and conducting interviews in Spanish for YESnetwork.com
Silva has also worked for ESPN radio, Phillies Spanish radio, and the NBA's Orlando Magic and New Jersey Nets. He is also responsible for the translation and recording of Spanish broadcast spots throughout the season.
In the off-season, Silva resides in Tampa, Florida with his wife, Teresa, and his children Leslie, Kimberly and Matthew."

-2012 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book


BETO VILLA (WADO)
"Beto Villa, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, has been broadcasting the Yankees since the beginning of the club's Spanish radio network in 1997, becoming one of the most recognized voices in baseball. The 2012 season will mark Villa's 16th as the 'Spanish Voice of the Yankees.' His famous home run call, 'La Bola va atras, se va, se va, se va, se vaaaaaaaaa ... se fue de cuadrangular ... jonron de!' has made him very popular in the tri-state area and around the world.
Beto provides Spanish listeners with thorough and thoughtful Yankees coverage. He treasures his pages and pages of statistics of Latin American ballplayers, which he uses during his radiocasts.
Since beginning his career in 1981, he has had the opportunity to broadcast both the Major League World Series and the Caribbean World Series. He is currently a senior editor of Latinobaseball.com, a website covering Latin American ballplayers in the major leagues and the winter leagues. Beto has a daughter, Margarita."

-2012 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book


FRANCISCO RIVERA (WADO)
"Since 1995 Francisco Rivera has been involved in baseball as a color commentator and play-by-play announcer, including seven years in the Yankees broadcasting booth. A native of Morovis, Puerto Rico, he covered the Philadelphia Phillies for Radio Tropical from 1995 to 1998 and worked the American League Championship Series in 2003 and 2004 for ESPN.
Rivera received his Bachelor's degree in Spanish literature from Rutgers University and graduated from the Cambridge University-affiliated Miguel Angel Torres School of Communications in Manhattan in 1978. He began his communications career covering NBA basketball for WADO and was later one of the pioneers of the talk show WADO Deportivo, where he worked until 2003. Francisco is married to Ivettte Rodriguez and has two daughters, Melissa and Lorraine."

-2012 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book


FELIX DEJESUS (WADO)
"Felix DeJesus, a native New Yorker, enters his seventh season as a backup commentator for the New York Yankees. He also serves as a Yankees correspondent for WCBS and is one of the co-hosts of El Mundo de Las Grandes Ligas, an internet show on MLB Radio.
DeJesus broke into broadcasting in 1993 when he became the color commentator for the NHL's Florida Panthers. He has worked in all areas of broadcasting- television, radio and the internet. From 1998 to 2004 he covered major league baseball on television for XTRA Innings in New York. He has covered the Caribbean World Series on Fox Sports, ESPN International and CNN. In 1999, he became the first announcer to broadcast in SAP for NBC News. DeJesus has also served the last six years as the Spanish language translator for Showtime Championship Boxing.
DeJesus graduated for Fordham University in 1988 with a degree in economics and currently resides in the tri-state area. He and his wife, Melissa, have three children, Christopher, Brendan and Giselle."

-2012 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book